Sure Thing Glossary

Sure Thing Glossary

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Softly

gently

To expect somebody

to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive

Turn down someone

to refuse to accept or agree to something, or to refuse someone's request

Mystery

something strange or not known that has not yet been explained or understood

Onwards

beginning at a particular time and continuing after it

Nervous breakdown

a general term for an acute, time-limited psychiatric disorder that manifests primarily as severe stress-induced depression, anxiety, or dissociation in a previously functional individual, to the extent that they are no longer able to function on a day-to-day basis until the disorder is resolved

Pick up

To make casual acquaintance with, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.

To get acquainted

brought into social contact; made familiar

Intricate

having a lot of small parts or details that are arranged in a complicated way and are therefore sometimes difficult to understand, solve, or produce

Break up with someone

To end a relasionship with someone.

Castrate

to remove the testicles of a male animal or human

To get on someone's nerves

to annoy someone a lot

Unaffiliated

Not associated with another or others as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member; independent.